Mount Vernon mayor blames comptroller for no heat, boiler problems, flooding of town hall
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 04, 2021, 4:03pm EST
Mount Vernon City Hall was closed Thursday amid major problems with the building and ongoing strife with
unpaid bills and wages.
Mount Vernon Mayor Shawn
Patterson-Howard says City Hall will be closed Friday too because there is
no heat in the building. She blames mounting unpaid bills from the
comptroller’s office for the lack of heat inside, boiler problems and flooding.
City workers are also
targeting the comptroller. It was just less than 24 hours ago when they took to the steps of city hall
Mount Vernon raw sewage issues steeped in political finger-pointing
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 28, 2021, 10:32pm EST
Many houses in the Third Street corridor of Mount Vernon are dealing with a gross problem raw sewage. But the issue isn t a new one, neighbors say.
Wayne Fletcher says the problem goes back years, causing consistent cleanups. I literally had to pick up a bucket of sewage out of my sock three days in a row, says Fletcher.
Fletcher says it has only gotten worse, so he s been calling the Department of Public Works for weeks begging for help, but to no avail.
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Westchester DA investigates as Mount Vernon mayor, comptroller point fingers over $5.5M shortfall
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 28, 2021, 6:43am EST
The Westchester district attorney opened an investigation into Mount Vernon s finances after the mayor alleged fraud in the comptroller s office.
The Mount Vernon City Council unanimously voted Wednesday night to issue subpoenas to the city’s banks to find out how much money they have in their accounts.
Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard tells News 12 the city is trying to close a $5.5 million gap in their 2021 budget, but that Comptroller Deborah Reynolds is withholding the city s bank account information and fund balance, which she says is like a savings account oftentimes used to balance the budget.